Today we continue the Bicentennial Challenge, a yearlong series of Saturday quizzes about
Columbus history.

The first reader to email Joe Blundo at jblundo@

dispatch.com with the correct answers is the weekly winner. At the end of each quarter, the
person with the most victories receives $25. (Ties are broken by a random drawing.)

Challenge No. 39

Some Columbus personalities were better known by their nicknames. Supply the first name that
these people were given at birth:

• “Woody” Hayes, Ohio State football coach:

• “Buck” Rinehart, former mayor:

• “Hopalong” Cassady, Heisman Trophy winner:

• “Beanie” Wells, Ohio State football player:

• “Jack” Sensenbrenner, former mayor:

• “Dody” Goodman, actress:

• “Jesse” Owens, athlete:

Answers to Bicentennial Challenge No. 38

1. George H.W. Bush opened the AmeriFlora exhibit in 1992. 2. Winston Churchill accompanied
President Harry Truman to Columbus in 1946. 3. A. Theodore Roosevelt uttered the statement about
money in politics. 4. A. Abraham Lincoln was visiting Columbus in 1861 when he learned that the
Electoral College had officially elected him president. • Last week’s winner: Christian Peck of
Gahanna